Archive record · Brewery
Drum Brewing
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
- Founded
- 2022
- Archive ID
- TB-D4RQZ3PK
- Last checked
- 2026-10-02
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Travel Alberta identifies an active Fort McMurray brewery producing lagers, pale ales, IPAs and hefeweizens. Production evidence: ACTIVE.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Trevor Wakeling2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
First-party identifies Owner + Brewer; one of six founding friends.
- Owned by Matt Nash2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
First-party identifies Owner-Operator.
- Owned by Ryan Reid2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
First-party identifies Owner-Operator.
- Owned by Jeff Mahood2022
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
First-party identifies Owner-Operator; two additional founding friends remain unresolved.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it is
56.72899, -111.38591
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Timeline
- 2022Six friends, summer 2022
"In the Summer of 2022 a crazy idea was formed amongst 6 friends, and that idea is finally here! Drum Brewing was started by a group of friends who call Fort McMurray home and love adventures in beer." Owner and brewer Trevor Wakeling, with Matt Nash, Ryan Reid and Jeff Mahood named on the team page; the news account also names Albert Forsey, Kayla Wakeling and Paige Pakalovski.
- 2023Opened October 2023 in the old Wood Buffalo room
Reported: Wakeling bought the Morrison Street space in July 2023 and Drum opened in October 2023, brewing on equipment from Wood Buffalo Brewing Co. (2013-2019; wood-buffalo-brewing-co-fort-mcmurray, TB-FVYSSFXB) after 57 North's closure in 2022. Lagers, hazy pale ales, IPAs and hefeweizens; taproom Tuesday to Sunday evenings. The record's 2022 is the founding; the doors opened in 2023.
The People
Behind the beer
First-party team page.
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What the archive does not know yet
Open questions
- UnknownpeopleFounder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). The brewery's own site says it 'was started by a group of friends' without naming them; YMM Magazine names Jeff Mahood, Matt Nash, Ryan John Reid and Trevor Wakeling as the team and co-owners, not as founders.
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Sources
- peopleUnknown
Founder not established. Searched 2026-09-30 (brewery site, Alberta press, tourism and beer directories). The brewery's own site says it 'was started by a group of friends' without naming them; YMM Magazine names Jeff Mahood, Matt Nash, Ryan John Reid and Trevor Wakeling as the team and co-owners, not as founders.
Tally's Beer Universe founder search, Alberta, 30 September 2026 · Tally's Beer Universe · 2026-09-30
Research logMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-09-30Claim last checked 2026-09-30
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